Friday, January 6, 2012

Waiting for Batting

Last week I told Mr. Squash that I was "taking the week off". From what you might ask? After all, I'm retired! To be honest, I had to think about it myself! I came to the realization that I wanted a week off from pressing household chores to do whatever I wanted! Don't get me wrong, nothing is ever pressing around the Squash House, but Mr. Squash frequently tells me I work too hard! I never consider what I do hard work, but I'll take his word for it (wink)!

What I decided to do on my week off was sew! I spent most of the week finishing up my "Roll On" quilt. I prepared to load it on Vinnie and realized the package of batting I had was not wool! Since this will be a bed quilt, I really wanted wool batting. Darn! So to bide the time while I waited for my batting to arrive, I decided to participate in Temecula Quilt Company's 12 Days of Christmas.

For each of the past twelve days they have posted a 31/2 inch block. Yesterday I finished day 12 and today they will post the setting for this little gem! I had a layer cake of Miniatures by Julie Hendrickson and was inspired to use it after seeing Kaaren's version of this!

I thought the colors reminded me of our Dogwood trees in the winter. I snipped a small branch to try some "artful photography". I don't know how artful I was, but it helped jazz up my photo a tad!

One of my days off was spent driving to Pendleton for the day with Mr. Squash. We stopped at the Woolen Mill store, the fly fishing shop and a handful of antique shops we had not yet visited. After lunch, we picked up mocha's at Starbucks and had a lovely drive home. Along the way I had to pull over and get this shot of the Blue Mountains with some fresh snowfall. Normally they would be covered in white all winter, but we've had a long dry spell. What you see here was pretty much melted by the next day. I love the contrast of the winter wheat against the mountains and sky.

My batting arrived late yesterday afternoon, so I'll be playing with Vinnie for the next few days!

17 comments:

Candace, I picture you as one of those folks who is so busy in retirement you wonder how you had time to work! So glad your days are filled to the brim, especially with some sewing. Vinnie was getting lonely, right?

I too am on board with Sheryl's little 12 days of Christmas quilt. Just the right project to work on following the holidays.I am pulling from my collection of civil wars with mostly red,tans and cream. Like the fabrics you chose to go with.Happy New Year! Thank you for your devotion to your blog!

It's neat to see how many people are doing the 12 days of Christmas - Your wee blocks are looking great :-) I've just come from Carrie's blog after seeing the lovely pincushion you made her - just wondering if you mind if I borrow that idea for some of my sewing gifts this year?

I'm glad to hear you took a week off. I like the branch which you used to stage your blocks. You know, I"m not sure I ever saw a dogwood tree. I'm looking forward to seeing your 12 Days after it spends some time with Vinnie.